About Urban Country
Urban Country houses unique objects and colorful remnants of America's past. Starting in the late 1990's, Steven Schwartz and Casey Hale have focused the Urban Country collection on anonymous American Folk art as well as pieces from carnivals, circuses and sideshows of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Vintage sideshow banners, shooting galleries and ventriloquist heads are on display alongside vintage industrial furniture and lighting, antique American flags, massive 19th century general store tables, anonymous American folk art and humorous vintage and antique ro...Read More
Featured Pieces
Vintage General Store Hardware Sign
Antique Early 1900s American Folk Art Signs
Wood
General store HARDWARE department sign. Made and signed by professional sign maker. Excellent red and black hand lettering. Simple and graphic, circa 1900.
Hand-Carved American Folk Art Totem Pole Evolut...
Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Wood
Fantastic American Folk Art totem pole depicting evolution. Hand-carved and painted. Excellent alligatored paint surface. Fish, chicken, cow, gorilla, matrimony, new born. Mysterious...
Vintage Heavy Sheet Iron Orange Coyote Dog Folk...
Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Signs
Iron, Sheet Metal
Great pair of very heavy sheet iron vintage coyote targets. Perhaps a subtle "scarecrow" for coyotes raiding the henhouse. Handmade by a rancher in Southwest Nebraska. Fantastic orig...
Folk Art Hand-Carved Wood Witch Weathervane
Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Weathervanes
Wood
Hand-carved Folk Art witch weathervane found in the northeast. Very nicely carved thick Folk Art weathervane with layers of heavy original paint surface. Nice piece of Americana.
Industrial Marble Slab Candy Maker, Bakery or L...
Vintage 1930s American Industrial Industrial and Work Tables
Marble
Chunky marble slab table found in the Midwest. Most likely an industrial factory table. Uses could have been for candy making, an industrial bakery or lab. Awesome honed marble with ...
Carved USWV Lodge Pedestal Podiums Folk Art Ame...
Vintage 1930s Folk Art Painted Furniture
Wood
Fantastic pair of ceremonial lodge pedestals from United Spanish War Veterans lodge in Toledo, Ohio. One with a very well carved and three dimensional American Flag marked Patriotism...
Collection of Three Cast Iron Star Victorian Da...
Antique 1890s North American Folk Art Garden Ornaments
Iron
Collection of three Daughters of the Revolution cast iron star markers. Marked GAR Thos Feushaw Post 75 Conn.
Vintage Hand-Painted Folk Art Beauty Salon Blue...
Vintage 1940s American Folk Art Signs
Wood
Late 1940s-1950 beauty salon sign. Graphic blue and white paint surface. Painted by the hand of a professional sign maker. Old vintage metal fasteners on each joined corner.
Early 20th Century Cast Iron Architectural Pine...
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Architectural Elements
Iron
Pair of late 19th-early 20th century cast iron pineapple finials. Great original layers of white paint. Each lifts off original base. Very sturdy and solid when placed on base.
19th Century American Folk Art Iron Horse Weath...
Antique Late 19th Century American Folk Art Weathervanes
Iron
Ex. Jane Cipley collection. Fantastic sheet and strap iron horse weathervane. Originally found in the midwest. Old make-do repair to tail. Great piece of Americana.
Southern United States African American Chip Ca...
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Painted Furniture
Amazing work of African American folk art. Very detailed and many layers of original paint surface. Found in the southern United States. Great storage box on top of the alter with a ...
Vintage Late 19th Century Canvas Circus Carniva...
Antique Early 1900s American Folk Art Carnival Art
Canvas
Very early American circus or carnival Sideshow Banner, circa 1890-1900. Fantastic paint detail. Great example of American folk art banner painting. The Great American African Camel ...
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